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SUMMER READING 



Required of all undergraduate and special 

students in the Colleges of Arts and 

Sciences and of Technology 




New Orleans 

Published by the University 

May, 1903 



TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA. 



SUMMER READING. 



All undergraduate and special students in the Colleges of 
Arts and Sciences and of Technology are required by the faculty 
to complete prescribed courses of reading of a non-professional 
character (as specified on the following pages) during the sum- 
mers following their first, second, and third college years. 

A statement of the books read during the summer will be re- 
quired at the beginning of the next college year. 

It is desired to impress upon students the fact that an ac- 
quaintance with literature, history, economics, and general science 
will not only greatly increase their general usefulness and their 
individual enjoyment, but will also be of much practical impor- 
tance to them as professional men in their social and business re- 
lations. It is hoped that the value of such reading will be so 
evident that the student will desire to do more than the required 
amount, in so far as his opportunities permit. As an aid in this 
direction a supplementary list of recommended books is presented. 
The books contained in all these lists have been selected for their 
value from the point of view of general training, but the attempt 
has been made to include only readable and attractive works. 

May, 1903. 

See the statement at the foot of page 4 in regard to means of procuring 
these books. 

Acknowledgment is made to the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, whose plan of summer reading is here, with some 
changes, reproduced. 



REQUIRED READING FOR SUMMER AFTER FIRST YEAR. 

History. 

Read either i or both 2 and 3 : 

1. Froude, J. A.: English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century. 

2. Macaulay, T. B.: History of England: Vol. 1, Chap. 3. 
(Also published separately under the title, * 'England in 
1685.") 

3. De Quincey, T.: Joan of Arc. 

Poetry. 
Read either 2, 3, and 4, or 1 : • 

1. Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet and As You Eike It. 

2. Eongfeixow, H. W.: Evangeline. 

3. Bryant, W. C: Thanatopsis, To a Waterfowl, and The 
Death of the Flowers. 

4. Poe, E. A.: The Raven, Ignore, Ulalume, The Bells, 
Annabel Eee, Israfel, To Helen, and To One in Paradise. 

Essays. 

Read any one of the following : 
Macaui,ay, T. B. : Samuel Johnson. 
Eoweix, J. R.: Democracy, and on a Certain Condescension in 

Foreigners. 
Emerson, R. W.: The American Scholar. 

Fiction. 
Scott, Wai/ter : Kenil worth. 

Science. 
Read 1 and either 2 or 3 : 

1. Tyndaij,, J.: On the Scientific Use of the Imagination. 

2. Tyndai^i,, J.: The Forms of Water. 

3. Mendenhau,, T. C: A Century of Electricity. 



REQUIRED READING FOR SUMMER AFTER SECOND YEAR. 

History and Economics. 
Read one of the following : 

Fiske, J. : The Critical Period of American History. 
Morris, W. O., or Ropes, J. C, or I^ord Rosebery: Napo- 
leon. 
Wright, C. D.: Industrial Evolution of the United States. 

Poetry. 
Read either i or 2 : 

1. Shakespeare: Julius Caesar and Tempest. 

2. Palgrave, F. T. : The Golden Treasury, First Series. 
The following selections : 

XLV. Fidele, LI. Cupid and Campaspe. LV. This life, which seems so 
fair, LVI. Soul and Body. LXVII. On the Tombs in Westminster Abbey. 
LXIX, Death the Leveler. LXXI. On His Blindness. LXXIII. The Noble 
Nature. CI. Encouragements to a Lover, CHI, The Manly Heart. 
CXLVII. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. CL. O, my Love's like 
a red. red rose. CLI. Highland Mary. CLU. Auld Robin Gray. CLVII. 
The Land o' the Leal. CLXV. Life ! I know not what thou art. CLXXXI. 
Lord Ullin's Daughter. CLXXXII. Jock o' Hazeldean. CCV. A wet sheet 
and a flowing sea. CCXV.Hohenlinden. CCXXVI. After Blenheim. CCXVIII. 
The Burial of Sir John Moore. CCXXIV. Past and Present. CCXXV. The 
Light of Other Days. CCXXIX. The Mermaid Tavern. CCXXXI. The 
Bridge of Sighs. CCXLVI. Ozymandias of Egypt. CCL. The Highland 
Reaper. CCLIII. The Daffodils. CCLV. Ode to Autumn. 

Essays. 
Thackeray, W. M. : The Four Georges. 

Eiction. 
Reade, Charles : The Cloister and the Hearth. 

Scene in Holland in latter half of fifteenth century. Story (partly fic- 
titious) of parents of Erasmus. A strong novel, of great historical interest. 

Science. 

Read 1 and either 2 or 3 : 

1 . Huxley, T. H. : The Advance of Science in the L,ast Half 
Century. 

2. Tyndall, J.: Faraday as a Discoverer; or Thompson, S. P., 
Michael Faraday, His Iyife and Work. (The latter work is 
considerably longer). 

3. Young, C. A.: The Sun. 



REQUIRED READING FOR SUMMER AFTER THIRD YEAR. 

History and Economics. 

Read one of the following : 
SbkIvKy, J. R. : The Expansion of England. 
Wei*i<S, D. A.: Recent Economic Changes. 
Schurz, Cari,: Henry Clay. 

Fiction. 

Thackeray, W. M.: Henry Esmond; or George Euot, 
Romola. 

The scene of Henry Esmond is laid in England in the early part of the 
eighteenth century. Several historical characters are introduced ; and the 
plot deals in part with political intrigues. The novel is considered one of the 
greatest ever written, the character-drawing being especially fine. — The scene 
of RoMOiyA is laid in Florence in the last years of the fifteenth century. 
Savonarola and other historical personages are introduced. The story is 
interesting ; and the book is especially valuable as a picture of the times. 

Poetry. 
Read either i or 2 : 

1. Bryant, W. C: The Iliad of Homer. Books I, VI, X, 
XVI, XVIII, XIX, XXII, XXIII, XXIV. Also the sum- 
maries of the omitted books, so that the story may be fol- 
lowed. (In the Students' Edition these summaries are given 
in the table of contents.) 

2. Shakespeare: King Eear and Winter's Tale. 

Essays. 

Cari/yl,e, Thomas : The Hero as Poet and the Hero as Man 
of letters, in Heroes and Hero Worship. 

Science. 

Read one of the following : 
Marshau,, A. M. : Lectures on the Darwinian Theory. 
Tylor, E. B. : Anthropology — An Introduction to the Study 

of Man and Civilization. 



Many students will find it possible to procure the above books from pub- 
lic or private libraries. For those who desire to purchase, the following 
editions are obtainable at small cost : 

Froude's English Seamen, Scribner's. — Macaulay's History of England, 
Vol. 1, Chap. 3. published, with notes, by Ginn & Co., under the title "Bng- 
land in 1685." — De Quincey's Joan of Arc, Students' Series, Leach, Shewell & 
Co. — Shakespeare's Plays, Heath's English Classics; Temple Shakespeare. — 



The required readings in Longfellow, Bryant, Poe, Macaulay, Lowell, and 
Emerson may all be found in the Riverside Literature Series, published by 
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., at 15c. a number. 

Tyndall's Scientific Use of the Imagination, and Forms of Water, D. Ap- 
pleton & Co. — Mendenhall's Century of Electricity, Houghton, Mifflin &Co. 
— Morris' Napoleon, G. P. Putnam's Sons. — Rosebery's Napoleon, The Last 
Phase, Harpers. — Wright's Evolution of the United States, Flood and Vin- 
cent. — Palgrave's Golden Treasury, T. Y. Crowell. — Huxley's Advance of 
Science, Tyndall's Faraday, and Young's Sun, D, Appleton & Co. — Huxley's 
Advance of Science is also published under the title, The Progress of Science 
(1737-1887) in his Essays on Method and Results, D. Appleton & Co. 

Well's Recent Economic Changes, D. Appleton & Co.— Schurz's Henry 
Clay, in American Statesmen Series, Houghton, Mifflin &Co. — Thackeray's 
Henry Esmond and George Eliot's Romola, T. Y. Crowell. — Bryant's Iliad, 
Students' Edition, Houghton, Mifflin & Co. — Carlyle's Heroes and Hero 
Worship, T. Y. Crowell. — Marshall's Darwinian Theory, Macmillan & Co. — 
Tylor's Anthropology, D. Appleton & Co. 

SUPPLEMENTARY UST. 

The following list of books has been prepared with the pur- 
pose of bringing to the attention of students a small number of 
works suitable to serve as supplementary reading to those con- 
tained in the required lists. It is believed that all the books are 
not only of a profitable, but also of an interesting character. 

Fiction. 

Hawthorne, Nathaniel : The House of the Seven Gables. 

Scene in Salem in early part of this century. Delicate romance, with 
exquisite pictures of life in provincial New England. 

KingslEy, Charles : Westward Ho ! 

Romance of England and of the Spanish Main in the time of Elizabeth. 
Fine picture of the more romantic side of the spirit of sixteenth century. In 
part the story is historical. Sir Richard Grenvil, Drake, and others are in- 
troduced. This novel may well be read in connection with Froude's "Eng- 
lish Seamen." 

Dickens, Charles : A Tale of Two Cities. 

A story of the French Revolution, with effective pictures of the times. 
The tale itself is both exciting and touching. 

Scott, Walter: The Heart of Midlothian. 

A partly historical romance of Scotland in the first half of the last cen- 
tury. An absorbing tale. 



Dickens, Charles : The Cricket on the Hearth. 
KingslEy, Charles : Hypatia. 
Thackeray, W. M.: Pendennis. 



KivioT, George : Adam Bede. 

Hugo, Victor : Les Miserables. 

Balzac, Honoris de : The Chouans. Modeste Mignon, 

Dumas, A., pire : The Three Guardsmen. 



The preceding works are standard novels, chosen as representative and 
as particularly adapted to this list. The following are entertaining books, not 
all of especial literary merit, but worth reading for one reason or another. 



Stevenson, R. L. : Treasure Island. 

David Balfour. 

KiPiviNG, Rudyard: life's Handicap. 

Soldiers Three. 

The Jungle Books. 

Cable, G. W.: Old Creole Days. 

Weyman, S. J. : The House of the Wolf. 

A Gentleman of France. 

Q. : The Splendid Spur. 

The Blue Pavilions. 

Mitcheu,, S. W.: Hugh Wynne. 

Brown, Miss Alice : King's End. 

Johnston, Miss Mary : To Have and To Hold. 

Page, T. N.: Red Rock. 

Crawford, F. Marion : A Roman Singer. 

Saracinesca. 

Wilkins, Miss Mary E.: A Humble Romance. 

Davis, Mrs. M. E. M.: In War Times at La Rose Blanche. 

Jewett, Miss Sarah Orne : Country of the Pointed Firs. 

History; Biography of Statesmen. 

Parkman, F. : The Jesuits in North America. 

La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West. 
Montcalm and Wolfe. 
Conspiracy of Pontiac. 
Fiske, J.: The Discovery of America. 

The Beginnings of New England. 
Old Virginia and Her Neighbors. 
The American Revolution. 



Brown, W. G. : The Lower South in American History. 
Motley, J. L.: The Rise of the Dutch Republic. 
Green, J. R. (Editor): Readings from English History. 
Lane-Poole, S.: The Story of Turkey. 
Mombert, J. I.: A Short History of the Crusades. 
Morse, J. T. : Thomas Jefferson.* 
Abraham Lincoln.* 
Hosmer, J. K.: Samuel Adams.* 
Lord Rosebery : W;lliam Pitt.f 
Morley, John : Chatham, f 

Walpole.f 

Burke. 
Smith, Goodwin: Three English Statesmen. 
Lowe, C: Bismarck. 
Harrison, F.: Cromwell, f 

Politics. 

Bryce, James : Impressions of South Africa. 
Goodnow, F. J.: Municipal Problems. 
Shaw, A.: Municipal Government in Great Britain. 
Parsons, W. B. : An American Engineer in China. 

Eco?iomics. 

Rand, B. (Editor): Selections Illustrating Economic History 
since 1763. Readable and important essays by English, 
French, German, and American economists. 

Smith, Adam : Wealth of Nations. 

Eliot, C. W.: American Contributions to Civilization. 

Moses, Bernard : Democracy and Social Growth. 

Martineau, Miss Harriet : Society in America. 

Brooks, J. G.: The Social Unrest. 

Bagehot, Walter : Physics and Politics. 

Morse, J. T., or Lodge, H. C, ^Sumner, W. G.: Alexander 
Hamilton. 

Taussig, F. W. (Editor) : State Papers and Speeches on the 
Tariff. (By Hamilton, Gallatin, Walker, Clay, and Webster). 

* American Statesmen Series. fTwelve English Statesmen Series. 



BagehoT, Walter : Lombard Street. 

Noyks, A. D.: Thirty Years (1865-1896) of American Finance. 

Ashley, W. J.: An Introduction to English Economic History 
and Theory. 

Toynbee, Arnold : The Industrial Revolution of the Eigh- 
teenth Century in England. 

Spahr, C. B.: America's Working People. 

Jenks, J. W. : The Trust Problem. 

Ely, R. T. : Monopolies and Trusts. 

Science. 

LanglEy, S. P.: The New Astronomy; or Clerke, Miss A. 
M. : The System of the Stars; or Ball, R. S. : Story of the 
Heavens. 

Newcomb, Simon : The Stars; A Study of the Universe. 

Bali,, Sir R. S.: Time and Tide. 

Clerke, Miss A. M.: History of Astronomy during the Nine- 
teenth Century. 



Ball, W. W. R.: A Primer of the History of Mathematics. 



Tyndall, J.: Fragments of Science. 

Ramsay, W.: Gases of the Atmosphere. 

Helmholtz, H. von : Popular Scientific lectures. 

Tait, P. G. : Recent Advances in Physical Science. 

Cajori, F. : A History of Physics. 

Williams, H. S.: The Story of Nineteenth Century Science. 

Thompson, S. P.: Light, Visible and Invisible. 



Lubbock, J. : The Scenery of Switzerland. 

Huxley, T. H.: Discourses Biological and Geological. 

Physiography: an Introduction to the Study 
of Nature. 
RusSELL, I. C. : Glaciers of North America. 

Lakes of North America. 

Volcanoes. 
Thomson, J. A.: Study of Animal Life. 
Wallace, A. R. : Darwinism. 

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Darwin, Charges.: Insectivorous Plants. 

Formation of Vegetable Mould through the 
Action of Worms. 
Woodhkad, G. S.: Bacteria and Their Products. 
McKendrick and Snodgrass : Physiology of the Senses. 

Biography of Scientific Men . 

Agassiz, Mrs. K. C: Louis Agassiz. 

Thorpe, T. E. : Essays in Historical Chemist^. 

Muir, Pattison : Heroes of Science: Chemists. 

CLERKE, Miss A. M. : The Herschels and Modern Astronomy. 

Brewster, Sir David : Life of Sir Isaac Newton. 

Glazebrook, R. T. : James Clerk Maxwell. 

Franklin, Benjamin : Autobiography. 

Vallery-Radot : Life of Louis Pasteur. 

Huxley, Leonard : Life and Letters of T. H. Huxley. 

Engineering. 
Harcourt, L. F. Vernon : Achievements in Engineering. 
Nasmyth, James : Autobiography. 

Smiles, S.: Lives of George and Robert Stephenson, and of 
Boulton and Watt, in ' 'Lives of the Engineers." 
Church, W. C: Life of John Ericsson. 
VosE, G. L.: Loammi Baldwin. 

Art a,7id Artists. 

Brown, Horatio : Venetian Sketches. 

Life on the Lagoons. 
Statham : Architecture for General Readers. 
Clement, Mrs. C. E.: Italian Painters. 
Oliphant, Mrs.: The Makers of Venice. 

The Makers of Florence. 
Grimm, H.: Michel Angelo. Raphael. 
Richter, J. P.: Leonardo da Vinci. 

Travel. 
Parkman, Francis : The Oregon Trail. 
Whymper, Edward : Travels amongst the Great Andes of 

the Equator. 
De Amicis : Holland. 



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